ECONOMY
Two-wheelers to become expensive with govt raising excise duty rate
Two-wheelers to become expensive with govt raising excise du...
KATHMANDU, September 11: The prices of two-wheelers are likely to go up as the government has hiked the excise duty on imported motorbikes by up to 20 percent through the revised budget.
Sep 11, 2021
POLITICS
UML Standing Committee meeting resumes (updated)
UML Standing Committee meeting resumes (updated)
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The CPN-UML Standing Committee meeting has resumed after brief recess for lunch.
Sep 11, 2021
POLITICS
UML Standing Committee to meet at 3PM today
UML Standing Committee to meet at 3PM today
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: A meeting of the UML’s Standing Committee to discuss and decide the party’s representatives participating in the statute convention has been postponed for 3PM today.
Sep 11, 2021
POLITICS
I will not back down on candidacy: NC General Secretary Koirala
I will not back down on candidacy: NC General Secretary Koir...
CHITWAN, Sept 11: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala has said that he will not withdraw his candidacy for the post of president of the party.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Trichandra College and Ghantaghar to be reconstructed
Trichandra College and Ghantaghar to be reconstructed
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The country's oldest campus, Trichandra College, and its clock tower (Ghanta Ghar) are set to be reconstructed while maintaining their original style to reflect their historical significance. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has announced plans to renovate Trichandra College and...
Sep 11, 2021
ECONOMY
Substitution Budget: Oxygen and sanitary pad industries to get 100 percent tax exemption f...
Substitution Budget: Oxygen and sanitary pad industries to g...
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The government has introduced a substitution budget for the ongoing fiscal year 2021/22. Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma unveiled the new budget of Rs 1.63 trillion in parliament amid protests of the lawmakers belonging to the main opposition party, CPN-UML, on Friday.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
UNICEF hands over life-saving oxygen concentrators
UNICEF hands over life-saving oxygen concentrators
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: UNICEF delivered a total of 800 oxygen concentrators to the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Sankhuwasabha massacre: One arrested
Sankhuwasabha massacre: One arrested
SANKHUWASABHA, Sept 11: A man from Madi-1 Umling Khola village has been arrested on the charge of involvement in the massacre of Tej Bahadur Karki’s family. According to DSP Laldhwaj Subedi, chief of the District Police Office, Sankhuwasabha, the arrested person is a relative of the Karki family.
Sep 11, 2021
SOCIETY
Former Sports Council member-secretary Rana dies
Former Sports Council member-secretary Rana dies
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Former member-secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC) and former ambassador Rukma Shumsher Rana has passed away. According to family sources, he died last night at the age of 85 at his residence in Battisputali, Kathmandu. He was suffering from kidney ailment, diabetes and...
Sep 11, 2021
POLITICS
Suicide rate at all-time high following COVID-19 outbreak
Suicide rate at all-time high following COVID-19 outbreak
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The number of people commiting suicide inside the country follwing the COVID-19 pandemic has increased, according to a government study. As many as 7,117 people committed suicide in the fiscal year 2020/2021. The number was 6,241 in 2019/2020 and 5,754 in 2018/2019.
Sep 11, 2021